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Health system readiness to support facilities for care of preterm, low birth weight, and sick newborns in Ethiopia: a qualitative assessment

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Preterm birth is a worldwide challenge with the highest burden in low- and middle-income countries. Despite availability of low-cost interventions to decrease mortality of preterm, low birth weight, and sick newborns, these interventions are ...
Abubeker Kedir Usman, Eskinder Wolka, Yared Tadesse, Abraham Tariku, Abate Yeshidinber, Alula M. Teklu, Kirsten Senturia, Wendemaghen Gezahegn, James A. Litch, And the Every Preemie–SCALE Ethiopia Implementation Research Collaboration Group   +9 more
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Obesity as a potential risk factor for stillbirth: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2023
The relationship between high body mass index (BMI) >25 kg/m2 and risk for stillbirth in the Japanese population remains unclear. This study aimed to estimate the impact of maternal obesity on the risk of stillbirth in a Japanese population.
Satoshi Shinohara, Ryoji Shinohara, Reiji Kojima, Sayaka Horiuchi, Sanae Otawa, Megumi Kushima, Kunio Miyake, Hideki Yui, Tadao Ooka, Yuka Akiyama, Hiroshi Yokomichi, Zentaro Yamagata   +11 more
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Iodine and thyroid status during pregnancy and risk of stillbirth: A population‐based nested case–control study

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2022
Prior research suggests that severe iodine deficiency in pregnancy may be associated with stillbirth. However, the relationship between mild to moderate iodine insufficiency, which is prevalent even in developed countries, and risk of stillbirth is ...
Alexandra C. Purdue‐Smithe, Tuija Männistö, Elijah Reische, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Un‐Jung Kim, Eila Suvanto, Heljä‐Marja Surcel, Mika Gissler, James L. Mills   +8 more
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Understanding enablers and barriers to implementing the Safer Baby Bundle: a mixed-methods study with site leads

BMC Health Services Research
Background The Australian Safer Baby Bundle (SBB) consists of five elements (smoking cessation, fetal growth restriction, decreased fetal movements, maternal side sleeping and decision making around timing of birth) which aim to reduce stillbirth and ...
Christine Andrews, Fran Boyle, Ashley Pade, Ann Lancaster, Philippa Middleton, David Ellwood, Adrienne Gordon, Michael Nicholl, Kirstine Sketcher-Baker, Tanya Farrell, Ida Stevia Diget, Vicki Flenady   +11 more
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Exploring first‐time mothers' experiences and knowledge about behavioural risk factors for stillbirth

Health Expectations, 2023
Background Modifiable factors such as substance use, lack of attendance at antenatal care, overweight or obesity and sleeping position are associated with a higher risk of stillbirth.
Tamara Escañuela Sánchez, Karen Matvienko‐Sikar, Sarah Meaney, Keelin O'Donoghue   +3 more
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Stillbirths’ microbiology: a favorable time for post-mortem microbiology

Microbiologia Medica, 2023
Post-Mortem Microbiology (PMM) aims to detect infections that could be a cause of stillbirth. A newborn having no sign of life after delivery is defined as stillbirth.
Roberta Bonanno, Olga Stefania Iacopino, Mario Cucinotta, Francesco d'Aleo   +3 more
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Experiences of antenatal care practices to reduce stillbirth: surveys of women and healthcare professionals pre-post implementation of the Safer Baby Bundle

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background The Safer Baby Bundle (SBB) aimed to reduce stillbirth rates in Australia through improving pregnancy care across five elements; smoking cessation, fetal growth restriction (FGR), decreased fetal movements (DFM), side sleeping in late ...
Christine Andrews, Frances M. Boyle, Ashley Pade, Philippa Middleton, David Ellwood, Adrienne Gordon, Miranda Davies-Tuck, Caroline Homer, Alison Griffin, Michael Nicholl, Kirstine Sketcher-Baker, Vicki Flenady   +11 more
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STILLBIRTH;

The Professional Medical Journal, 2013
Pakistan stands second in the world s rating of highest stillbirth rate. This gives an emergency call to authorities involved inmaternity health care of Pakistan to take serious and quick steps to address the problem. Method: Retrospective observational study attertiary health care centre to see frequency and risk factors for stillbirth in cases of ...
SYEDA RABIA, FAUZIA PERVEEN, SHAZIA SHUKUR UDDIN, Rumina Tabussum, Arif Ali   +4 more
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Performance and financial consequences of stillbirth in Holstein dairy cattle

Animal, 2018
Stillbirth is an economically important trait on dairy farms. Knowledge of the consequences of, and the economic losses associated with stillbirth can help the producer when making management decisions.
A. Mahnani, A. Sadeghi-Sefidmazgi, H. Keshavarzi   +2 more
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Looking after bubba for all our mob: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community experiences and perceptions of stillbirth

Frontiers in Public Health
The stillbirth rate among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and communities in Australia is around double that of non-Indigenous women. While the development of effective prevention strategies during pregnancy and improving care following ...
Luciana Massi, Luciana Massi, Carolyn Lewis, Skye Stewart, Diana Jans, Rupesh Gautam, Lina Jalloub, Anneka Bowman, Philippa Middleton, Philippa Middleton, Sue Vlack, Frances M. Boyle, Frances M. Boyle, Carrington Shepherd, Carrington Shepherd, Carrington Shepherd, Vicki Flenady, Deanna Stuart-Butler, Kym M. Rae, Kym M. Rae, Kym M. Rae   +20 more
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